Friedrich Krupp
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Friedrich Krupp (disambiguation)
Friedrich Krupp is the name of*Friedrich Krupp , German industrialist*Friedrich Alfred Krupp , German industrialist*Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, German shipbuilding firm...


Friedrich Krupp (Essen, 17 July 1787 – Essen, 8 October 1826) was a German steel manufacturer and founder of the Krupp
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The Krupp family , a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th...

 family commercial empire that is now subsumed into ThyssenKrupp AG. He launched the family's metal-based activities, building a small steel-foundry in Essen in 1811. He was the father of the arms manufacturer Alfred Krupp.
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